FOTD

But this is just a quick look to show you that you CAN wear blue eyeshadow to work and not have your boss breathe down your neck for breaking the conservative dress code.

Ok. Maybe in a more liberal office 🙂 Don’t take bright blue eyeshadow and take it from lash line to brow like the Red Queen did in Alice in Wonderland. Instead, keep it subtle. You don’t have to use the products I use so long as you have similar shades.

Here is what I used for this work day blue-eyed look and how I did it.

I did a quick look below which I call a “going to the office with green eyeshadow” look. I tend to go a little sheer with my daily makeup because I’ve gone past the stage where I pile on the colours and scare people at the office 😉 Now I go for a lighter, hopefully more mature more dependable look to inspire confidence *ahem* 😛

Most colour products I’ve used are from the Smashbox Heartbreaker collection so you know what it looks like on. The green eyeshadow in question is from the Hot Date eyeshadow palette mixed with the more neutral shades of the palette.

Recently, StrawberryNET.com had YSL Rouge Volupte lipsticks going for US$17 again so I plunged in to pick up 2 bits of goodies. One of it was Rouge Volupte #17 Orange Shiver. I was taken in by the name and also because I wanted to see if I could pull off an orange lipstick. After all, orange is the new red for Spring-Summer 2010 (or so they say).

YSL Rouge Volupte No. 17 Orange Shiver Lipstick

When I got it, I was surprised to note that it was not orange in the tube at all. Its more of a light coral orange-pink. I wasn’t disappointed, just surprised.

Like all Rouge Volupte lipsticks, it goes on smooth, creamy and super duper pigmented. Love! See how it looks on my lips below.

I picked up this Ed Pinaud Ombres Quatuor eyeshadow palette in Singapore. It was valued at S$59 but came “free” with a S$5.90 magazine – L’Officiel which is a pretty decent read although mostly fashion based. Anyway, when I told Beetrice what I wanted, I also told her to try to get me either Emerald Green or Blue Black. As luck would have it, I got Blue Black! 😀

Free Ed Pinaud eyeshadow quad with L'Officiel mag

Blue Black sounds horrible as a colour description. Blue Black is what I’d describe a bruise not a colour palette 😛

Anyway, blue eyeshadow isn’t the easiest color to work with and when I first looked at the palette, I thought “Gosh darnit! That is some serious BLUE!” I also thought “It looks a bit washed out – I’m not sure if I’d like it”

Also, after searching online, I realised Ed Pinaud is sold through MLM (multi level marketing) which did not quite endear me. But prejudices aside, I have to admit to liking this eyeshadow quad a little. Sigh… How I wear it is shown below.